The Army skills deal with reanimated foes and golems. For example Blood Surge's explosion increases based on the number of enemies from which blood was siphoned.īlood Mist is a survival-oriented movement skill, that makes the caster immune to damage, drains life of enemies around the Necromancer, and grants mobility for retreat or a better vantage point. These skills benefit from a large Life pool and their usage proficiency is dependent on targeting multiple enemies, thus character positioning is critical to maximize these skills' effect. Also, these skills tend to induce debuffs and crowd control effects.ĭecompose is a basic channeled Darkness skill that deals damage over time on a single while channeled, grants Essence in the process, and periodically summons corpses that can be used to summon skeletons.īlood skills are expressed differently from their predecessors, but they retain the ability to heal. Offensively, they either deal damage over time or attack multiple times in a short window. Bone Spirit is a foe-seeking missile that explodes on impact, but has a cooldown and consumes all Essence though with the benefit of its firepower increased per point of Essence spent.ĭarkness skills are a new addition to the Necromancer, seemingly a reinterpretation of poison, decay, and curses, consolidated into the Shadow magic category. The battlefield can be divided with Bone Prison, to either restrict enemies into certain areas or enclose them in a narrow space to facilitate area of effect skills.

Diablo II: Resurrected Review - Pile Of Old BonesĪ classic direct offense and enemy detaining skills, the new iteration of Bone skills are supplemented by effects such as Critical Strike and benefit from a large Essence pool.

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